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The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2025 Gallup poll concluded that 9.3% of adult Americans identified as LGBTQ+. [1] A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. [2]
The Williams Project was founded to replace the pervasive bias against LGBT people in law, policy, and culture with independent research on LGBT issues. In 2006, the Williams Project merged with the Institute for Gay & Lesbian Strategic Studies, becoming the Williams Institute. [2]
According to a study published by the UCLA Williams Institute, transgender people are the victims of violent crimes at over four times the rate of cisgender people. The study found that from 2017 to 2018, trans people experienced violent victimizations at a rate of 86.2 per 1000 people, compared to 21.7 among cis people.
In Tennessee, there are an estimated 3,000 transgender teenagers between ages 13 and 17, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA Law School, which has analyzed Census data. It is not known how ...
A November report by the Williams Institute found that 82 percent of transgender people had experienced discrimination at work, including being fired or verbally, physically or sexually harassed ...
According to the Williams Institute, transgender people faced the highest poverty rates among LGBTQ+ communities, at nearly 30% in 2019, per USA Today. “In general, anti-trans stigma leads to ...
A 2014 study carried out by the Williams Institute (a UCLA think tank) found that 41% of transgender people had attempted suicide, with the rate being higher among people who experienced discrimination in access to housing or healthcare, harassment, physical or sexual assault, or rejection by family. [141]
The Williams Institute Survey states, specifically, the estimate is the total of the adult population of the LBGT community as follows: 1.70% lesbian and gay, 1.80% bisexual and 0.30% Transgender for a sum total of 3.80% of the adult US population.